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Jul 18, 2025 12 min

Is cash still king?

from The Savings Tip Jar Hosted by Savings.com.au

This week we spoke about a pretty big development in the personal finance space: the RBA's wish to ban card surcharges. For the latter we spoke to Professor Steve Worthington from Swinburne University - how the surcharges came about, why they are so prevalent, where he sees the payments sector going on and more. 00:26 - Savings tip, use cash 01:15 - Steve's reaction to ban announcement 02:13 - The rise of surcharges 04:01 - Do prices go up 05:25 - What goes into a surcharge 08:06 - Surcharge cash? 10:09 - Biometrics to pay

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